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A review by porgyreads
Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
5.0
Fond of Suzanne Collins YA packaged messaging here as always:
The path to freedom is littered with failed rebellions.
Narrative is a liberator AND a fascist tool
There are many shades of complicity and many shades of resistance but all are effective when adopted by the many.
The call to arms for community and collective action is crystal clear.
Learning about the ways in which the victors paths crossed prior to the third quarter quell really warmed and broke my heart in equal measure. Beetee, mags and wiress are family fr fr. Effie calling out his name during the third quarter quell reaping ON his birthday?
Haymitch has suffered more than Jesus.
Not only does haymitch’s story further illustrate the crimes of the Capitol, strengthening the world-building as you find more and more similarities to the present, it exposes just how fragile the spirit of rebellion can be as it works through a person in real time.
Suzanne Collins has (a la Dostoyevsky) used the prequels to highlight the figures of the Christ figure and devil figure in narrative and as a result, the last the OG trilogy is only strengthened. Dystopian queen. You can’t outdo the doer.
The path to freedom is littered with failed rebellions.
Narrative is a liberator AND a fascist tool
There are many shades of complicity and many shades of resistance but all are effective when adopted by the many.
The call to arms for community and collective action is crystal clear.
Learning about the ways in which the victors paths crossed prior to the third quarter quell really warmed and broke my heart in equal measure. Beetee, mags and wiress are family fr fr. Effie calling out his name during the third quarter quell reaping ON his birthday?
Haymitch has suffered more than Jesus.
Not only does haymitch’s story further illustrate the crimes of the Capitol, strengthening the world-building as you find more and more similarities to the present, it exposes just how fragile the spirit of rebellion can be as it works through a person in real time.
Suzanne Collins has (a la Dostoyevsky) used the prequels to highlight the figures of the Christ figure and devil figure in narrative and as a result, the last the OG trilogy is only strengthened. Dystopian queen. You can’t outdo the doer.